CUFOS analyzed the sound recording. The sound displays two strong peaks, or fundamentals, at about 1000 and 3000 hertz (cycles per second), with no even harmonics in the sound.
When the tape is played backwards, the data does not change. Both Askins and Yokum heard the sound change
pitch, like a turbine winding down, before it vanished at 4:43 a.m. It
was then that the UFO blinked out of existence.
What Was That Light and Sound Over the Columbia River? by Greg Long